Lease accounting change faces objections
Warning that addition to balance sheet may cause assets and liabilities to balloon at some companies, putting them in breach of loan agreements FT.com – European companies…
City careers lose their glitter
Centre for Economics and Business Research forecasts that more than 30,000 financial services sector jobs will go in the City of London this year FT.com – European companies…
Hannover Re brushes off Hurricane Sandy
Germany reinsurer says that it does not expect the storm to have too much of a financial impact on its budget for natural disasters FT.com – European companies…
The case study: How Koppert cultivated growth
The Dutch cress grower created value through innovation and by approaching chefs directly, write Orietta Marsili and Tao Yue FT.com – European companies…
Europe wheat gains on harvest fears
Three-and-a-half month record reached as weather ravages crop and as prospect of dwindling exports from former Soviet Union strains supplies FT.com – European companies…
S&P found guilty of misleading investors
Australian court says a ‘reasonably competent’ ratings agency could not have given the complex derivative product a triple A rating FT.com – European companies…
Ryanair raises full-year forecast
Shares in budget airline rise after it says higher fares, lower fuel costs and a jump in passenger numbers over the summer help lift first-half profit FT.com – European companies…
Investcorp to buy Georg Jensen for $140m
Middle Eastern investment house is buying business, founded by the Danish designer in 1904 from private equity firm Axcel Capital Partners FT.com – European companies…
Investindustrial in PortAventura deal
Italian private equity group took initial 50 per cent holding in the theme park three years ago, and will now acquire remaining stake from La Caixa FT.com – European companies…
Google warns on German copyright bill
Plan to give newspaper publishers the right to stop search engines from linking to their web pages if Google and its rivals refuse to pay royalties FT.com – European companies…
